It's an interesting theory, that John Calvin and Martin Luther were working as controlled opposition, as supposed opposites to each other on the Jewish question.
Calvin is definitely suspicious, but I am not at all convinced about Luther.
In his notes on this topic, Charlie mentioned how the Protestant Reformation, which he calls a Revolution, was created by elite Jews in response to the Inquisition, but if the elite Jews were really so powerful to create the Reformation, why didn't they stop a bunch of them from getting killed?
Charlie does admit that Luther made legitimate points, and he says that the corruption was created in order to justify a call for reform, but many of the challenges in the 95 Theses were valid a long time before Luther came on the scene.
I would need to see more evidence in order to seriously suspect Luther of being part of some conspiracy.
For me, it makes sense that Luther would write it at the end of his life if he was sincere in his views. What would've definitely been suspicious is if he wrote some of the over-the-top things earlier on, and then had a "come to Jesus moment" and say what a terrible man he had been for writing such things.
If Charlie or anyone could show that he had good relations or close associates among Jews after he had written such a book, then it would look suspicious to me.
It's an interesting theory, that John Calvin and Martin Luther were working as controlled opposition, as supposed opposites to each other on the Jewish question.
ReplyDeleteCalvin is definitely suspicious, but I am not at all convinced about Luther.
In his notes on this topic, Charlie mentioned how the Protestant Reformation, which he calls a Revolution, was created by elite Jews in response to the Inquisition, but if the elite Jews were really so powerful to create the Reformation, why didn't they stop a bunch of them from getting killed?
Charlie does admit that Luther made legitimate points, and he says that the corruption was created in order to justify a call for reform, but many of the challenges in the 95 Theses were valid a long time before Luther came on the scene.
I would need to see more evidence in order to seriously suspect Luther of being part of some conspiracy.
For me, it makes sense that Luther would write it at the end of his life if he was sincere in his views. What would've definitely been suspicious is if he wrote some of the over-the-top things earlier on, and then had a "come to Jesus moment" and say what a terrible man he had been for writing such things.
ReplyDeleteIf Charlie or anyone could show that he had good relations or close associates among Jews after he had written such a book, then it would look suspicious to me.